Mitrofan V. Tikhonov

Mitrofan Valentinovich Tikhonov (4 August 1973-15 July 2000) was a Russian Army lieutenant who was killed during the Second Chechen War.

Biography
Mitrofan Valentinovich Tikhonov was born in Saratov, Russian SFSR, Soviet Union on 4 August 1973, and he entered the Soviet Army in 1991. Tikhonov rose to the rank of Lieutenant in the new Russian Army during the mid to late-1990s, and he was given command of a unit of Russian troops stationed in Grozny during the Second Chechen War. On 15 July 2000, Tikhonov and 22 other Russian troops belonging to his unit were killed by Chechen rebels during the Belgatoy ambush.